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The impact of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics on binary star formation
James Wurster, Daniel J. Price, Matthew R. Bate
We investigate the effect of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) on the formation of binary stars using a suite of three-dimensional smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics simulat…
Does turbulence determine the initial mass function?
David Liptai, Daniel J. Price, James Wurster +1
We test the hypothesis that the initial mass function (IMF) is determined by the density probability distribution function (PDF) produced by supersonic turbulence. We compare 14 si…
NICIL: A stand alone library to self-consistently calculate non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic coefficients in molecular cloud cores
James Wurster
In this paper, we introduce Nicil: Non-Ideal magnetohydrodynamics Coefficients and Ionisation Library. Nicil is a stand-alone Fortran90 module that calculates the ionisation values…
Comparing Simulations of AGN Feedback
Mark L. A. Richardson, Evan Scannapieco, Julien Devriendt +5
We perform adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) cosmological zoom simulations of a region around a forming galaxy cluster, comparing the ability…
The effect of a wider initial separation on common envelope binary interaction simulations
Roberto Iaconi, Thomas Reichardt, Jan Staff +5
We present hydrodynamic simulations of the common envelope binary interaction between a giant star and a compact companion carried out with the adaptive mesh refinement code ENZO a…
Can non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics solve the magnetic braking catastrophe?
James Wurster, Daniel J. Price, Matthew R. Bate
We investigate whether or not the low ionisation fractions in molecular cloud cores can solve the `magnetic braking catastrophe', where magnetic fields prevent the formation of cir…